ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment

ITW

Low riskNext report: Around Feb 2, 2027 (est.)

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The short version

A high-quality, profitable business with steady sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 5.9% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 0.9% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (811 bought, 839 sold)
Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$276.15+0.1% that day

Company value: $78.6B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 25.0x; You pay about $25 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 4.8x; Company value is 4.8 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 2.3%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 1%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 10%; Debt as a share of company value

From ITW's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$4.3B+6.1% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $16.5B, up 4.3% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 5.0% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of ITW. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+4% a yearRecently: +4.3% a yearProfit margin19%Last 12 months: 19.4%P/E at the end25xToday: 25.0x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-2% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$20.0B

Profit in 5 years$3.8B

Price these guesses point to$369.71+34% vs $276.15 todayAbout +6.0% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 19% margin and a 25x P/E, sales could shrink about 1.9% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/4Strong

PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.19.1%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$2.7B
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-5.9% in 3 years

Revenue: $16.0B; +0.9% vs prior year
5-year growth: +5.0%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $7.7B
Current ratio: 1.21x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: return on equity 15%+, debt under half of equity, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.